Robert David Welch Jr.

Thursday

Mar 18, 2010 at 12:01 AMMar 18, 2010 at 4:28 AM

By Beaver County Times

FORMERLY OF ROCHESTER

Robert David Welch Jr. passed away March 14, 2010 in the Circle of Life Hospice.

He was born December 4, 1935 in Rochester, PA, to Robert David Welch, Sr. and Sara Beatrice Ganoe. He graduated from Geneva College in Beaver Falls, PA in 1959 with a degree in industrial engineering and worked in a Republic Steel plant in Chicago for 20 years. He moved to Arkansas in 1988 where he met and married Deborah Ramage Welch in 1992.

Robert was a Mason and a member of the Rochester Lodge #229. He was a member of Fellowship Bible Church in Lowell, AR, a car enthusiast and amateur pilot. He loved to snow and water ski and also to travel. After retiring, he bought a poultry farm and enjoyed being a top producer for nine years.

Robert is survived by his wife, Deborah Welch of Bentonville; his father, Robert David Welch and his wife Naomi of Rochester, PA; son, Robert David Welch III and his wife Diane Krieger Welch, and grandchildren, Austin, Abygale and Anderson of Paradise Valley, AZ; son, Scot Welch of Phoenix, AZ; son, Neal Welch of Las Vegas, NV and grandson Holden Welch; stepdaughter, Stacy Reece and her husband David Reece of Rogers, AR and their children, Josh, Ashley and Katherine Reece, all of Rogers; stepdaughter, KarrLa Spencer of Branson, MO and her children, Christian Spencer of Eugene, OR and Jeremy Spencer of Gulf Shores, AL; stepsister, Cynthia Gleason and her husband Greg of Center Township, and stepbrother, Jack Porter, Jr. of Columbia, SC.